News Release Number: STScI-1993-17

HST Reveals Stunning Detail in Herbig-Haro Object

June 10, 1993: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has provided astronomers with their clearest look yet at a
vast cloud of gas being heated by the birth of a new star.
Called Herbig-Haro object #2 (HH-2), the cloud is heated by shock waves from jets of high speed gas
being ejected from a newborn star. Because the star itself is embedded in a dusty cocoon, HH-2
provides the only visible clues to physical processes occurring in the young star.